Patient Stories

https://youtu.be/8PZEzVCudhs How adult stem cell treatments got one man back into the game of life.  (February 2012) Slapping hockey pucks around the ice rink, cracking balls around the golf course and pounding out a 65-hour work week used to be...Continued

https://youtu.be/ranzOwOal6c (October 2012) Knowledge is power—but it can also be a burden. When doctors diagnosed Mary Lou Rusco with leukemia, Steve Rusco did what any other husband would do: he went looking for answers in hopes of saving the life...Continued

https://youtu.be/HI3bGSl-S5o Never too old for a Second Chance (September 2015) Confronting death face-to-face, and granted a reprieve with a second chance at life, changes a man.  Just ask Bill Bourland.  Diagnosed with a deadly disease he couldn’t pronounce, the Tucson,...Continued

https://youtu.be/ruI6MpQdyDU Adult Stem Cell Transplant Brings Family Closer Together (August 2016) Nothing, it seemed, could slow down Cindy Schroeder.  The wife, mother of three and special education teacher would drive 150+ miles a day visiting different schools before returning home...Continued

https://youtu.be/dsaqPcjBgus Mystery Solved — Adult Stem Cells To The Rescue (January 2016) Sometimes, not knowing is the hardest part.  Ever since Devon Weaver entered the world as an infant, something just wasn’t right.  His Mom and Dad knew it, and...Continued

https://youtu.be/tNSPWPVA36g (May 2015) Lymphocytic Leukemia - a pair of words nobody wants to ever be told. This Leukemia is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). Early on,...Continued

https://youtu.be/OkS8ShmW7GQ (June 2013) Rob Waddell knew at an early age that he would need a kidney transplant. His mother has had two transplants and polycystic kidney disease runs in his family. "I’ve had two uncles that’ve died from this disease. ...Continued

https://youtu.be/AZWgJOXX6HI Meet Jackie Stollfus (June 2017) When doctors told Jackie Stollfus she might not be able to have children, she was devastated. “I wanted it so bad. My whole life I dreamed of being a mom. And then I learned...Continued

https://youtu.be/YKfpopA4tZU Meet Doug Oliver  (November 2016) Doug Oliver started losing his eyesight when he was 32. When he went to an ophthalmologist, the doctor told him he had the eyes of a 70-year-old man. Doug was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration....Continued

https://youtu.be/ojjT4yRd5Es (June 2011) Saving or “banking” the cord blood from the birth of their daughter was almost an afterthought for Jenny and Ryan Levine.  It turns out the price they paid for this simple procedure returned dividends far beyond their...Continued